Proceedings Paper

The nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of bridge decks often requires a combination of different methods for deterioration
identification and characterization. Each individual NDE method also needs the responses of an array of spatially
distributed sensors to better detect damages. Proper interpretation techniques are needed to effectively integrate data
from different NDE technologies and sensor arrays of a single NDE method. A hybrid multisensor data fusion
framework is presented in the paper for the NDE of bridge decks. The multisensor data fusion approach process,
integrate and interpret the data from multisensor data of a single NDE method and a combination of various NDE
technologies in a way that improves the accuracy and reliability of deterioration identification and characterization.